Month: September 2020

Divine justice is complicated. Sometimes bad things happen to good people, sometimes evil goes unpunished. There is not always a direct correlation between how people act and the blessings (or consequences) they receive — at least not from our limited human perspective. The world and the reasons for things happening as they are, are within… Continue reading Justice

There are no promises of comfort, or health, or wealth on this side of heaven. You can do everything right — work hard and get a good education, but that is no guarantee that you will be successful or happy all the time. However, a lack of guaranteed success, much less happiness, does not spell… Continue reading Happiness

Feelings often drive us to choose what to do. Tolstoy observed this 100 years ago in the Russian upper class where they were consumed by ‘pointless activity’, Tolstoy relates to it like this: “My life came to a standstill. I could breathe, eat, drink, and sleep, and I could not help doing these things; but… Continue reading Feelings

“Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” Mark 11:24 NIV You might think this is referring to what some preach as the “health and wealth” gospel, but I think there is more to it. It shows the corrupt nature of man… Continue reading Duplicity